Middle Tennessee conservatives made a strong showing in House Republican leadership elections Wednesday, with Hendersonville Rep. Debra Maggart winning caucus chair and Tullahoma Rep. Judd Matheny winning the party’s nomination for speaker pro tempore. The two will join Nashville Rep. Beth Harwell, the party’s nominee for speaker who is considered a moderate, in leadership. Chattanooga […]

Reps. Jon Lundberg, R-Bristol, and Gerald McCormick, R-Chattanooga, will vie to replace vie to outgoing Bristol Rep. Jason Mumpower as the House Republican Leader, according to an official list of candidates released this morning. Lundberg and McCormick had said previously they were interested in the position, and no other candidates have declared. The expanded Republican […]